Archives: feedback

Friday, February 26, 2016

Taking teaching evaluations with a grain of salt

While some students may provide informative and positive feedback on our teaching evaluations, it is inevitable that we will receive criticism throughout our teaching career. In the current climate of anonymous, online commenting, we may well be experiencing a change in the way feedback is delivered (and received). Bring your lunch and join us... More

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Providing Feedback While You Mark in cuLearn

Rich feedback opportunities that motivate and provide growth opportunities for students can be integrated into your course without adding to your workload. Join us on Nov. 10 from 1-2 p.m. and find out how digital feedback can positively impact your courses. We'll look at the motivation behind providing feedback and the tools, such as... More

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Blog Post: Engaging Students through Effective Feedback

By Abby Resiner, Department of Music For most teaching assistants, marking student assignments is an important duty. Through my experience as teaching assistant, I have observed several students do not engage with feedback provided on assignments. An important part of learning is to review feedback on assignments and learn from mistakes for future... More

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Blog Post: Student Feedback – Does Feedback Matter?

by Sandra Lalli  “Action without feedback is completely unproductive for the learner” (Handley, Millar & Price, 2011, p. 879) Discourse on feedback consistently suggests that students are disengaged from course material as a result of weak and insufficient feedback mechanisms. When feedback is provided to students by teaching assistants... More

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